<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://news.usti.net/xml/rss.html"><channel><title>MY USTI.NET News: Protest movements and actions</title><copyright>Copyright (c) 2007 USTINET Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><link>http://news.usti.net/</link><description>Protest movements and actions</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:43:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>2880</ttl><image><title>MY USTI.NET News</title><width>123</width><height>36</height><link>http://news.usti.net/</link><url>http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif</url></image>
<item><title>Four arrested at power plant protest</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ah/Ubritain-protest.R5yM_Ia9.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/ah/Ubritain-protest.R5yM_Ia9.html</guid><timestamp>1218306892</timestamp><pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:34:52 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ah/Ubritain-protest.R5yM_Ia9.html">&#60;/a>KENT, England,  Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Four environmental activists have been arrested for entering a power station in England, police said.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ah/Ubritain-protest.R5yM_Ia9.html">Four arrested at power plant protest&#60;/a>&#60;br />KENT, England,  Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Four environmental activists have been arrested for entering a power station in England, police said.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Denver mayor opposes DNC protest sleepover</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/aq/Uus-politics-dnc-protest.RZsE_IlS.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/aq/Uus-politics-dnc-protest.RZsE_IlS.html</guid><timestamp>1217262895</timestamp><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:34:55 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/aq/Uus-politics-dnc-protest.RZsE_IlS.html">&#60;/a>DENVER, July 28 (UPI) -- Denver&#39;s mayor said he is against a group&#39;s idea to have as many as 50,000 protesters spend the night in City Park during the Democratic National Convention.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/aq/Uus-politics-dnc-protest.RZsE_IlS.html">Denver mayor opposes DNC protest sleepover&#60;/a>&#60;br />DENVER, July 28 (UPI) -- Denver&#39;s mayor said he is against a group&#39;s idea to have as many as 50,000 protesters spend the night in City Park during the Democratic National Convention.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Argentina: Tax protests grip country</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bc/Uargentina-protests.RB5r_IlF.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/bc/Uargentina-protests.RB5r_IlF.html</guid><timestamp>1216172095</timestamp><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:34:55 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bc/Uargentina-protests.RB5r_IlF.html">&#60;/a>BUENOS AIRES, July 15 (UPI) -- Protests over a proposed increase in farm product export taxes in Argentina reached a fever pitch Tuesday ahead of a crucial vote.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bc/Uargentina-protests.RB5r_IlF.html">Argentina: Tax protests grip country&#60;/a>&#60;br />BUENOS AIRES, July 15 (UPI) -- Protests over a proposed increase in farm product export taxes in Argentina reached a fever pitch Tuesday ahead of a crucial vote.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Park hours snarl Denver protest plans</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ci/Uus-politics-dnc-protest.R8Nm_IuP.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/ci/Uus-politics-dnc-protest.R8Nm_IuP.html</guid><timestamp>1214420087</timestamp><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:54:47 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ci/Uus-politics-dnc-protest.R8Nm_IuP.html">&#60;/a>DENVER, June 25 (UPI) -- Denver officials are citing the city&#39;s &quot;no camping&quot; laws in a dispute with organizers of a planned anti-war protest during the Democratic National Convention.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ci/Uus-politics-dnc-protest.R8Nm_IuP.html">Park hours snarl Denver protest plans&#60;/a>&#60;br />DENVER, June 25 (UPI) -- Denver officials are citing the city&#39;s &quot;no camping&quot; laws in a dispute with organizers of a planned anti-war protest during the Democratic National Convention.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Heathrow expansion plan draws huge protest</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/as/Uprotest-heathrow.RaRE_IyV.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/as/Uprotest-heathrow.RaRE_IyV.html</guid><timestamp>1212259488</timestamp><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 18:44:48 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/as/Uprotest-heathrow.RaRE_IyV.html">&#60;/a>LONDON, May 31 (UPI) -- Heathrow International Airport&#39;s planned expansion has drawn thousands of protesters to the site outside London, organizers said.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/as/Uprotest-heathrow.RaRE_IyV.html">Heathrow expansion plan draws huge protest&#60;/a>&#60;br />LONDON, May 31 (UPI) -- Heathrow International Airport&#39;s planned expansion has drawn thousands of protesters to the site outside London, organizers said.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Argentina: Farmer protests end for talks</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ds/Uargentina-protests.RAT2_IMT.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/ds/Uargentina-protests.RAT2_IMT.html</guid><timestamp>1206768007</timestamp><pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:20:07 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ds/Uargentina-protests.RAT2_IMT.html">&#60;/a>BUENOS AIRES, March 29 (UPI) -- Protesting farmers in Argentina decided Friday to bring an end to weeks of demonstrations protesting taxes on certain export goods.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ds/Uargentina-protests.RAT2_IMT.html">Argentina: Farmer protests end for talks&#60;/a>&#60;br />BUENOS AIRES, March 29 (UPI) -- Protesting farmers in Argentina decided Friday to bring an end to weeks of demonstrations protesting taxes on certain export goods.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Guatemalan farmers stage massive protest</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/dj/Uguatemala-protests.R9m7_IFM.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/dj/Uguatemala-protests.R9m7_IFM.html</guid><timestamp>1203733556</timestamp><pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:25:56 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/dj/Uguatemala-protests.R9m7_IFM.html">&#60;/a>GUATEMALA CITY, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- More than 1,000 Guatemalan farmers have waged protests over the arrest of one of their leaders, Prensa Libre newspaper reported Friday.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/dj/Uguatemala-protests.R9m7_IFM.html">Guatemalan farmers stage massive protest&#60;/a>&#60;br />GUATEMALA CITY, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- More than 1,000 Guatemalan farmers have waged protests over the arrest of one of their leaders, Prensa Libre newspaper reported Friday.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Protest against Colombian rebels worldwide</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/dk/Ucolombia-protests.R889_IF4.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/dk/Ucolombia-protests.R889_IF4.html</guid><timestamp>1202153763</timestamp><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:36:03 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/dk/Ucolombia-protests.R889_IF4.html">&#60;/a>BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A worldwide protest by Colombians against the country&#39;s leftist rebels kicked off Monday, with a major demonstration scheduled for the capital, Bogota.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/dk/Ucolombia-protests.R889_IF4.html">Protest against Colombian rebels worldwide&#60;/a>&#60;br />BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A worldwide protest by Colombians against the country&#39;s leftist rebels kicked off Monday, with a major demonstration scheduled for the capital, Bogota.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Group protests climate change meeting</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/dd/Uindonesia-climatechange-protests.R6aP_HD7.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/dd/Uindonesia-climatechange-protests.R6aP_HD7.html</guid><timestamp>1197045631</timestamp><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:40:31 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/dd/Uindonesia-climatechange-protests.R6aP_HD7.html">&#60;/a>NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Indigenous peoples from around the world picketed the United Nation&#39;s climate change conference in Bali Friday, saying they were shut out of the meetings.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/dd/Uindonesia-climatechange-protests.R6aP_HD7.html">Group protests climate change meeting&#60;/a>&#60;br />NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Indigenous peoples from around the world picketed the United Nation&#39;s climate change conference in Bali Friday, saying they were shut out of the meetings.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Communists protest Putin; Lugovy slams UK</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bn/Urussia-protests.RLRI_HD6.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/bn/Urussia-protests.RLRI_HD6.html</guid><timestamp>1196947207</timestamp><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:20:07 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bn/Urussia-protests.RLRI_HD6.html">&#60;/a>MOSCOW, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Members of Russia&#39;s Communist party convened in central Moscow Thursday to demonstrate against the weekend state Duma elections.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bn/Urussia-protests.RLRI_HD6.html">Communists protest Putin; Lugovy slams UK&#60;/a>&#60;br />MOSCOW, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Members of Russia&#39;s Communist party convened in central Moscow Thursday to demonstrate against the weekend state Duma elections.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Russian police stop unauthorized protest</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ci/Urussia-protests.R_94_HNP.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/ci/Urussia-protests.R_94_HNP.html</guid><timestamp>1196015717</timestamp><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:35:17 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ci/Urussia-protests.R_94_HNP.html">&#60;/a>ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Police in St. Petersburg, Russia, stopped an unauthorized protest Sunday, detaining dozens of protesters who allegedly clashed with them.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ci/Urussia-protests.R_94_HNP.html">Russian police stop unauthorized protest&#60;/a>&#60;br />ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Police in St. Petersburg, Russia, stopped an unauthorized protest Sunday, detaining dozens of protesters who allegedly clashed with them.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Georgia police end 5-day Tbilisi protest</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ci/Ugeorgia-protest.R9IZ_HN7.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/ci/Ugeorgia-protest.R9IZ_HN7.html</guid><timestamp>1194447636</timestamp><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:00:36 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ci/Ugeorgia-protest.R9IZ_HN7.html">&#60;/a>TBILISI, Georgia, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Georgian police used tear gas Wednesday to break up an anti-government protest in the capital in its fifth day, Russian media reported.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ci/Ugeorgia-protest.R9IZ_HN7.html">Georgia police end 5-day Tbilisi protest&#60;/a>&#60;br />TBILISI, Georgia, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Georgian police used tear gas Wednesday to break up an anti-government protest in the capital in its fifth day, Russian media reported.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Hungarian police break rightist protests</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/cp/Uhungary-protests.Rz9g_HON.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/cp/Uhungary-protests.Rz9g_HON.html</guid><timestamp>1193142625</timestamp><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:30:25 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/cp/Uhungary-protests.Rz9g_HON.html">&#60;/a>BUDAPEST, Hungary, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Violent clashes in Budapest between Hungarian extreme rightists and riot police resulted in injuries to 19 people, including 15 officers, injured, police said.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/cp/Uhungary-protests.Rz9g_HON.html">Hungarian police break rightist protests&#60;/a>&#60;br />BUDAPEST, Hungary, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Violent clashes in Budapest between Hungarian extreme rightists and riot police resulted in injuries to 19 people, including 15 officers, injured, police said.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Small protests continue in Myanmar</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ac/Umyanmar-protests.RuCo_HSS.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/ac/Umyanmar-protests.RuCo_HSS.html</guid><timestamp>1191063898</timestamp><pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:04:58 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ac/Umyanmar-protests.RuCo_HSS.html">&#60;/a>YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Several hundred protesters faced down security troops in Yangon Saturday as state-run newspapers in Myanmar declared peace had been restored.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ac/Umyanmar-protests.RuCo_HSS.html">Small protests continue in Myanmar&#60;/a>&#60;br />YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Several hundred protesters faced down security troops in Yangon Saturday as state-run newspapers in Myanmar declared peace had been restored.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Nine dead in Myanmar protest</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bc/Umyanmar-protests.RG-A_HSR.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/bc/Umyanmar-protests.RG-A_HSR.html</guid><timestamp>1190908840</timestamp><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:00:40 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bc/Umyanmar-protests.RG-A_HSR.html">&#60;/a>YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Crackdowns on anti-government protests in Yangon, Myanmar, left at least nine people dead Thursday and another 11 injured.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bc/Umyanmar-protests.RG-A_HSR.html">Nine dead in Myanmar protest&#60;/a>&#60;br />YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Crackdowns on anti-government protests in Yangon, Myanmar, left at least nine people dead Thursday and another 11 injured.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Protests widen in Myanmar</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ae/Umyanmar-protest.RLyg_HSO.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/ae/Umyanmar-protest.RLyg_HSO.html</guid><timestamp>1190635813</timestamp><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:10:13 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ae/Umyanmar-protest.RLyg_HSO.html">&#60;/a>YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Myanmar&#39;s monks joined thousands of others Monday for an eighth day of street protests against the country&#39;s military rulers amid fears of a junta crack down.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/ae/Umyanmar-protest.RLyg_HSO.html">Protests widen in Myanmar&#60;/a>&#60;br />YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Myanmar&#39;s monks joined thousands of others Monday for an eighth day of street protests against the country&#39;s military rulers amid fears of a junta crack down.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Anti-government protests in Myanmar grow</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bo/Umyanmar-protests.RIf1_HSM.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/bo/Umyanmar-protests.RIf1_HSM.html</guid><timestamp>1190457917</timestamp><pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:45:17 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bo/Umyanmar-protests.RIf1_HSM.html">&#60;/a>YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Protesting monks branded Myanmar&#39;s military regime the &quot;enemy of the people&quot; Saturday as protests grew into the largest in nearly twenty years.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bo/Umyanmar-protests.RIf1_HSM.html">Anti-government protests in Myanmar grow&#60;/a>&#60;br />YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Protesting monks branded Myanmar&#39;s military regime the &quot;enemy of the people&quot; Saturday as protests grew into the largest in nearly twenty years.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>U.S.-led troops focus of Iraqi protest</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bz/Uiraq-protest.R2ku_HaF.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/bz/Uiraq-protest.R2ku_HaF.html</guid><timestamp>1187212209</timestamp><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:10:09 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bz/Uiraq-protest.R2ku_HaF.html">&#60;/a>BAGHDAD,  Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Members of Iraq&#39;s Sadrist Movement protested in Baghdad Wednesday, calling for an end to operations by the U.S.-led Multi-National Force.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bz/Uiraq-protest.R2ku_HaF.html">U.S.-led troops focus of Iraqi protest&#60;/a>&#60;br />BAGHDAD,  Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Members of Iraq&#39;s Sadrist Movement protested in Baghdad Wednesday, calling for an end to operations by the U.S.-led Multi-National Force.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Guantanamo Hunger Strikers Stay Defiant</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bk/Ayb108583114.RVRT_HuK.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/bk/Ayb108583114.RVRT_HuK.html</guid><timestamp>1184990401</timestamp><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:00:01 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bk/Ayb108583114.RVRT_HuK.html">&#60;/a>GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Twice a day at the U.S. military prison here, Abdul Rahman Shalabi and Zaid Salim Zuhair Ahmed are strapped down in padded restraint chairs and flexible yellow tubes are inserted through their noses and throats. Milky nutritional supplements, mixed with water and olive oil to add calories and ease constipation, pour into their stomachs.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/bk/Ayb108583114.RVRT_HuK.html">Guantanamo Hunger Strikers Stay Defiant&#60;/a>&#60;br />GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Twice a day at the U.S. military prison here, Abdul Rahman Shalabi and Zaid Salim Zuhair Ahmed are strapped down in padded restraint chairs and flexible yellow tubes are inserted through their noses and throats. Milky nutritional supplements, mixed with water and olive oil to add calories and ease constipation, pour into their stomachs.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(AP)</media:credit></item>
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<item><title>Texas Border Fence Foes Protest by Kayak</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/cm/Aborder-fence-protest.RzcA_HlE.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/cm/Aborder-fence-protest.RzcA_HlE.html</guid><timestamp>1184458802</timestamp><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:20:02 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/cm/Aborder-fence-protest.RzcA_HlE.html">&#60;/a>ROMA, Texas (AP) -- Dozens of people paddled down the Rio Grande in kayaks and canoes Saturday to protest a border fence they say will do little to stop illegal immigration but will destroy the impoverished region&#39;s burgeoning bird-watching industry.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.protests/2/wed/cm/Aborder-fence-protest.RzcA_HlE.html">Texas Border Fence Foes Protest by Kayak&#60;/a>&#60;br />ROMA, Texas (AP) -- Dozens of people paddled down the Rio Grande in kayaks and canoes Saturday to protest a border fence they say will do little to stop illegal immigration but will destroy the impoverished region&#39;s burgeoning bird-watching industry.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(AP)</media:credit></item>
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